A powerful earthquake struck southern Mexico near the resort of Acapulco on Tuesday night, causing buildings to rock and sway in Mexico City more than 300 kilometres away.
Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro got a rousing reception from tens of thousands of people gathered in the capital Tuesday in an Independence Day show of support for the right-wing leader embroiled in a feud with the country's Supreme Court.
Mexico's Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that it is unconstitutional to punish abortion, unanimously annulling several provisions of a law from Coahuila — a state on the Texas border — that had made abortion a criminal act.
El Salvador became the first country to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender Tuesday, but President Nayib Bukele said the digital wallet used for transactions wasn't functioning. Meanwhile, the value of the digital currency plummeted in an example of the volatility critics say is worrisome.
Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed an elections overhaul into law Tuesday that adds more voting restrictions in the booming state, after Democrats spent months protesting what they say are efforts to weaken minority turnout and preserve the GOP's eroding dominance.
U.K. raising taxes on workers, companies and dividends in attempt to fill health service funding gap. The move is part of an attempt to fix a health and social care funding crisis after the government spent hundreds of billions to fight the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Taliban on Tuesday announced a caretaker cabinet that paid homage to the old guard of the group, giving top posts to Taliban personalities who dominated the 20-year battle against the U.S.-led coalition and its Afghan government allies.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has publicly rebuked a top rival politician's comments describing people who have been vaccinated against COVID-19 as "guinea pigs."
